Passion and pain

// I’ve decided that the fear of pain might be worse than the experience of it

Written by Theresa Stone

4 things Jesus never said

// I wonder how much we misquote Jesus without even realising it...

Written by Cris Rogers

I misread Jeremiah 29:11

// "It's a great verse if you don't think about it too hard"

Written by Alasdair Lindop

This may hurt a little…

// "Living in community sounds great. Yet in reality, I wonder if it's just too hard and we're too scared to...

Written by Matt White

150 days too many

// Have you forgotten me? It’s been 150 days. I’m still missing. Imprisoned. Gone. Do you even know my name?

Written by Claire Rush

A bumpy ride

// Are obstacles actually key for our growth?

Written by Esther Andrews

What are you doing with those beliefs?

// I’m used to my beliefs feeling out of step with the culture around me...

Written by Ben Askew

We are the Church

// Growing up as a vicar’s kid, I quickly learnt that there are three types of congregation member...

Written by threads

Ridding myself of the shoulds

// I know I should be content, but I'd like some more stuff please.

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Do not read this

// INSTEAD, TURN OFF YOUR PHONE OR LAPTOP, BREATHE THE AIR AND PRAY.

Written by Andy Flannagan

Women bishops: better together?

// I began to write this minutes after the vote in support of the ministry of women bishops was passed in...

Written by Haydon Spenceley

You are what you do?

// "Perhaps it is time to stop and ask ‘what drives me?"

Written by Hilary Walker

If you forgive

// "I'll leave the forgiveness business to the victims of major wrongdoing."

Written by Chine McDonald

Islamic rites and legalistic wrongs

// Perhaps we’ll discover that there’s liberty in the liturgy.

Written by Tomi Ajayi

Calling vs career

// Out of wounds comes the healing of humanity. Out of the grave comes hope for the world. Out of what...

Written by Alexandra Lilley

God: The Awkward Silence

// "Being a Christian is not about waiting for that next time we ‘get’ God and see his bigger plan. Yes,...

Written by Anya Briggs

The serpent in the sands

// Sometimes we are just infants, railing against rules we don’t like.

Written by Jonty Langley

Why I believe the Bible is God’s word

// "Reading the Bible as a community does much more than teach us how to disagree, it helps us share learning...

Written by Katharine Welby-Roberts

Cynical sarcasm? Put a sock in it

// "Debate is one thing, cynicism is another. It often seems that anything new and fresh gets slaughtered on Twitter."

Written by Carl Beech

Still addicted

// "We want Christianity to be a success, because that will prove it is true. We want our leaders to win...

Written by Jody Stowell